Gerardo Heiss

67.7k citations

533 papers · 40.8k indexed · 18 hit papers · h-index 100

Impact in

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 0.05%
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
Periodontics top 0.05%
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis research

Papers in

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 244
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention 88
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies 68
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors 40
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 112
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins 70

Co-authors: Lloyd E. Chambless A. Richey Sharrett Aaron R. Folsom Wayne D. Rosamond Christie M. Ballantyne Moysés Szklo James D. Beck Steven Offenbacher
Journals: Circulation (50 papers)American Journal of Epidemiology (37 papers)Atherosclerosis (25 papers)Annals of Epidemiology (18 papers)The American Journal of Cardiology (14 papers)
Partner nations: United States Brazil United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Gerardo Heiss

509 papers receiving 39.1k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Variation in Population Attributable Fraction of Dementia Associated With Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors by Race and Ethnicity in the US 2022 · 105 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 JAMA Network Open
2021 Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2011 Circulation
2010 Annals of Epidemiology
2007 Circulation
2005 Diabetes Care
2003 JAMA
2003 Diabetes
2001 Circulation
1999 The Lancet
1997 American Journal of Epidemiology
1996 Journal of Periodontology
1995 Stroke
1993 New England Journal of Medicine
1993 Stroke
1991 American Journal of Epidemiology
1990 Circulation
1980 Circulation

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Gerardo Heiss, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Longitudinal Change in Imaging and Plasma Biomarkers of Alzheimer Disease and Vascular Pathology Neurology ·Yifei Lü, James Russell Pike, Ron C. Hoogeveen, Keenan A. Walker, Laura M. Raffield, Elizabeth Selvin, Christy L. Avery, Stephanie M. Engel, Michelle M. Mielke, Tanya C. Garcia, Gerardo Heiss, Priya Palta	2024	11
2	Cumulative All-Cause Mortality in Diverse Hispanic/Latino Adults Annals of Internal Medicine ·Jianwen Cai, Amber Pirzada, Pedro L. Baldoni, Gerardo Heiss, John Kunz, Wayne D. Rosamond, Marston Youngblood, Larissa Avilés‐Santa, Linda C. Gallo, Carmen R. Isasi, Robert C. Kaplan, James P. Lash, David Lee, Maria M. Llabre, Neil Schneiderman, Sylvia Wassertheil‐Smoller, Gregory A. Talavera, Martha L. Daviglus	2024	3
3	Peripheral artery disease and risk of kidney outcomes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study Atherosclerosis ·Amy Paskiewicz, Frances Wang, Junichi Ishigami, Yuanjie Pang, Yingying Sang, Shoshana H. Ballew, Morgan E. Grams, Gerardo Heiss, Josef Coresh, Kunihiro Matsushita	2024	1
4	Aging-Related Multisystem Dysregulation Over the Adult Life Span and Physical Function in Later Life: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study The Journals of Gerontology Series A ·Yifei Lü, James Russell Pike, Anna Kucharska‐Newton, Priya Palta, Eric A. Whitsel, Ganga Bey, Anthony S. Zannas, B. Gwen Windham, Keenan A. Walker, Michael Griswold, Gerardo Heiss	2022	0
5	Peripheral Artery Disease and Subsequent Risk of Infectious Disease in Older Individuals: The ARIC Study Mayo Clinic Proceedings ·Yejin Mok, Junichi Ishigami, Pamela L. Lutsey, Hirofumi Tanaka, Michelle L. Meyer, Gerardo Heiss, Kunihiro Matsushita	2022	8
6	Ankle-brachial index and subsequent risk of incident and recurrent cardiovascular events in older adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study Atherosclerosis ·Frances Wang, Chao Yang, Shoshana H. Ballew, Corey A. Kalbaugh, Michelle L. Meyer, Hirofumi Tanaka, Gerardo Heiss, Matthew Allison, Maya Salameh, Josef Coresh, Kunihiro Matsushita	2021	11
7	Conventional and Novel Lipid Measures and Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology ·Minghao Kou, Ning Ding, Shoshana H. Ballew, Maya Salameh, Seth S. Martin, Elizabeth Selvin, Gerardo Heiss, Christie M. Ballantyne, Kunihiro Matsushita, Ron C. Hoogeveen	2021	25
8	Risk of peripheral artery disease according to race and sex: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study Atherosclerosis ·Caitlin W. Hicks, Ning Ding, Lucia Kwak, Shoshana H. Ballew, Corey A. Kalbaugh, Aaron R. Folsom, Gerardo Heiss, Josef Coresh, James H. Black, Elizabeth Selvin, Kunihiro Matsushita	2021	15
9	Relationship Between Central Artery Stiffness, Brain Arterial Dilation, and White Matter Hyperintensities in Older Adults: The ARIC Study—Brief Report Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology ·Melissa C. Caughey, Ye Qiao, Michelle L. Meyer, Priya Palta, Kunihiro Matsushita, Hirofumi Tanaka, Bruce A. Wasserman, Gerardo Heiss	2021	9
10	Associations of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Television Viewing with Life Expectancy Cancer-Free at Age 50: The ARIC Study Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Carmen C. Cuthbertson, Hazel B. Nichols, Xianming Tan, Anna Kucharska‐Newton, Gerardo Heiss, Corinne E. Joshu, Elizabeth A. Platz, Kelly R. Evenson	2020	7
11	Serum magnesium, bone–mineral metabolism markers and their interactions with kidney function on subsequent risk of peripheral artery disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation ·Steven Menez, Ning Ding, Morgan E. Grams, Pamela L. Lutsey, Gerardo Heiss, Aaron R. Folsom, Elizabeth Selvin, Josef Coresh, Bernard G. Jaar, Kunihiro Matsushita	2020	9
12	Predictors of Mortality by Sex and Race in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: ARIC Community Surveillance Study Journal of the American Heart Association ·Kavita Sharma, Yejin Mok, Lucia Kwak, Sunil Agarwal, Patricia P. Chang, Anita Deswal, Amil M. Shah, Dalane W. Kitzman, Lisa Wruck, Laura R. Loehr, Gerardo Heiss, Josef Coresh, Wayne D. Rosamond, Scott D. Solomon, Kunihiro Matsushita, Stuart D. Russell	2020	24
13	High-Sensitivity Troponin I and Incident Coronary Events, Stroke, Heart Failure Hospitalization, and Mortality in the ARIC Study Circulation ·Xiaoming Jia, Wensheng Sun, Ron C. Hoogeveen, Vijay Nambi, Kunihiro Matsushita, Aaron R. Folsom, Gerardo Heiss, David Couper, Scott D. Solomon, Eric Boerwinkle, Amil M. Shah, Elizabeth Selvin, James A. de Lemos, Christie M. Ballantyne	2019	152
14	Traditional and nontraditional glycemic markers and risk of peripheral artery disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study Atherosclerosis ·Ning Ding, Lucia Kwak, Shoshana H. Ballew, Bernard G. Jaar, Ron C. Hoogeveen, Christie M. Ballantyne, A. Richey Sharrett, Aaron R. Folsom, Gerardo Heiss, Maya Salameh, Josef Coresh, Alan T. Hirsch, Elizabeth Selvin, Kunihiro Matsushita	2018	20
15	Airflow Obstruction, Lung Function, and Risk of Incident Heart Failure: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study European Journal of Heart Failure ·Sunil Agarwal, Gerardo Heiss, R. Graham Barr, Patricia P. Chang, Laura R. Loehr, Lloyd E. Chambless, Eyal Shahar, Dalane W. Kitzman, Wayne D. Rosamond	2012	92
16	Long-Term Association Between Self-Reported Signs and Symptoms and Heart Failure Hospitalizations: The Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) Study European Journal of Heart Failure ·Christy L. Avery, Katherine T. Mills, Lloyd E. Chambless, Patricia P. Chang, Aaron R. Folsom, Thomas H. Mosley, Hanyu Ni, Wayne D. Rosamond, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, Joy L. Wood, Gerardo Heiss	2010	11
17	Abstract 1454: Classification of Heart Failure in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study: A Comparison With Other Diagnostic Criteria Circulation ·Wayne D. Rosamond, Patricia P. Chang, C.D. Baggett, Alain G. Bertoni, Eyal Shahar, Anita Deswal, Gerardo Heiss, Lloyd E. Chambless	2009	2
18	Health Risks and Benefits 3 Years After Stopping Randomized Treatment With Estrogen and Progestin Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey ·Gerardo Heiss, Robert L. Wallace, Garnet L. Anderson, Aaron K. Aragaki, Shirley A.A. Beresford, Robert G. Brzyski, Rowan T. Chlebowski, Margery Gass, Andrea Z. LaCroix, JoAnn E. Manson, Ross L. Prentice, Jacques E. Rossouw, Marcia L. Stefanick	2008	0
19	Demographic and Anthropometric Correlates of Maximum Inspiratory Pressure: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Myra A. Carpenter, Melvyn S. Tockman, Richard G. Hutchinson, C.E. Davis, Gerardo Heiss	1999	41
20	Comparison of diets of NIDDM and non-diabetic African Americans and whites: The atherosclerosis risk in communities study Nutrition Research ·P A Metcalf, June Stevens, Tomoko Shimakawa, Richard G. Hutchinson, María Inês Schmidt, Barbara H. Dennis, C.E. Davis, Gerardo Heiss	1998	1

About Gerardo Heiss

Gerardo Heiss is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Health, Periodontics and Internal Medicine, having authored 533 papers that have together received 40.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (88 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (70 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (68 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (41 papers), Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors (40 papers), Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (39 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (38 papers) and Peripheral Artery Disease Management (38 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (16.7k citations), Periodontics (2.6k citations), Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (9.4k citations), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (5.4k citations) and Epidemiology (6.0k citations). Gerardo Heiss has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Lloyd E. Chambless, A. Richey Sharrett, Aaron R. Folsom, Wayne D. Rosamond, Christie M. Ballantyne, Moysés Szklo, James D. Beck, Steven Offenbacher, David Couper and María Inês Schmidt. Their work appears in journals such as Circulation, American Journal of Epidemiology, Atherosclerosis, Annals of Epidemiology and The American Journal of Cardiology.

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